Fruit-picker&#39;s bag.



E. J. GRANT.

FRUIT PIUKBRS BAG.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 4, 1904.

Patented July 27, L909.

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EDWI-N 3. GRANT, OF LQS ANGELES', CALIFORNIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent,

Application filed may 2, 1964;. Serial No. 206,271.

. the fruit by its being carelessly dropped into the bag.

To this end, the invention comprises'means which obstruct the passage of the fruit downwardly intothe bag so as to prevent it from falling to the bottom of the bag or against the fruit already therein, with such force as to cause injury thereto and in this connection a special object of my invention is to provide means whereby this protective result may be produced, no matter where the fruit may be thrown into the bag.

' bottom of the bag.

My invention is particularly intended for use with the class ofbags now in usefor picking oranges and similar fruits and rovided with closure means at their lower an s, which are held closed during the picking of fruit by suitable retaining means and which when said retaining means are released will open. automatically under the weight of the frui and allow the same to be discharged at the The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention bag is provided with'a Fig Figure 1 is a perspectiveiof the bag showing the closure device in closed position. 2 is a front elevation of the bag in open position, the up or part being broken away to show the dasiirs-or obstructing-devices. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line x m in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a lan of the bag.

The bagconsists of a tubular body 1' of any suitable fabric, and may be provided at its upper end with the usual mouth 2, and suspensory devices 3.. At its lower end the closure means con-.

sisting of. a flexible gathering device for drawing the lower end of the bag together. For this purpose the lower end of the bag may be turned up and sewed on itself to form a fold, loop or doubled part 4, and a cord or other flexible connection 5 be passed through said fold or doubled art with its ends extendin therefrom an fastened together to form a cop suitable for hooking over the retaining hook 6 at the top of the bag. By'

drawing on said cord the lower end of the bag can be gatheredup and closed, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 3, and the cord then be-' ing looped over the hook 6, the bottom end of the ag up alongslde the adjacent portion of the bag as at 7 so that when the bag its weight willtend to ti hten said cord and close the discharge on thereof more tightly. V i

At or near the upper end or mouth of the bag I provide'an apron S'consisting of a piece of canvas or other suitable yielding, flexible fabric or material, which is sewed or otherwise fastened to the sides of the bag. Said apron is adjacent throughout its len th to .the mouth of the bagrand extends substantially across the bag, om one side of the bag to near'the other side of the bag, leaving,

however, a sufficient spaceor openm between said other end of the bag an the apron. to allow the fruit to pass therebetween. Below this 0 obstructing evice- 9, which is suflicient in length to' catch the fruit falling through said opening.v

By constructing a bag in the foregoing Patented. July 2-7, 1909.

will be folded, doubled or drawn fruit is placed in the ening is provided a dasher or.

manner an elongated body is formed having its u per end permanently open and. provide with means which will permit of the introduction of fruit with rapidity and without the danger of bruising it, and the lower end is closable by a continuous loop that is held by a hook at the open end in convenient reach of the operator when the bag)is to be emptied. The main portion of the ag is unobstructed and can be filled as easily as though the partitions were not present,

What I claim is-- A fruit gathering bag comprising-an clone gated, open ended, tubular body, one end of which is folded upon itself to form a hollow seam provided with an openin a continuous string or loop in said seam wit a portion extending out of said 0 ening, whereby-said end of the body may e closed by drawing upon said extended portion, a rigid frame socured in the other end of thebody to hold it permanently open, a hook at said open end to be engaged by the projecting portion of said loop when the bag is closed, and two flexible artitlons in sai bag longer t an the other and is permanently 0 en end and extends from one side across the ody'in a plane almost parallel with said frame near y to the opposite side, and the shorter partition is located a Angeles, in the coiii'ity of- Les Angeie's' {ind short distance below the lower end of the State of California, this 25th day of April 1011 er partition and extends a short distance 1904. un er the free end of said longer partition. I EDWIN J. GRAN T."

5 In testimony whereof I have hereunto Witnesses? sighed my name to this specification in the ARTHUR P. KNIGHT, presence of two subscribing witnesses, at Los JULIA TOWNSEND. 

